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Studying DNA and RNA
Making cDNA from RNA Templates
Description
Complementary DNA, or cDNA, is made from an RNA template. It is a DNA copy of RNA, so it can help students study gene expression in a lab setting.
cDNA is useful when scientists want to work with genes after they have been turned on in a cell. Because it is copied from RNA, it reflects which gene...
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- [Narratore] Quasi tutte le cellule del corpo
hanno lo stesso DNA, ma diversi tipi
di cellule, come neuroni e cellule muscolari,
esprimono geni diversi perché solo determinati geni
sono trascritti in RNA messaggero, o mRNA, in ogni cellula.
In laboratorio gli mRNA sono utilizzati come modello
per...
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